Omics! Omics!
A computational biologist's personal views on new technologies & publications on genomics & proteomics and their impact on drug discovery
Monday, March 11, 2024
BioNano In Peril Again
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Post-AGBT: Sequencing Hardware Roundup
Post-AGBT: Element AVITI Sequencing Updates
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Post-AGBT: Both Element & Singular Want Spatial to Go With The Flow(cells)
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
AGBT Follow-up: Ultima Genomics UG100, Volta Labs Callisto, N6Tec iconPCR
Wednesday, February 07, 2024
VoltaLabs Launches Callisto for DNA Extraction & Library Prep
Here at AGBT, VoltaLabs has unveiled their 24-sample DNA extraction and NGS library prep Callisto instrument, which is particularly suited for long read applications but is also suited for short read work. Volta has matured liquid handling automation to a novel open top electrowetting technology. Priced at $125K and planning to ship in the second quarter, Callisto is designed as a walk-away solution requiring no human interaction during a run. Personally, not only do I love the a new medium-throughput instrument for HMW DNA extraction and manipulation, but I also can at least pretend I helped steer the company In that directions
Tuesday, February 06, 2024
iconPCR: Super-Flexible qPCR Thermocycler Oft Dreamed, Now Delivered
Has there ever been a product you’ve just wanted to have, but it doesn’t exist? That keeps popping up in discussions - “if only we had X this project would go so much faster!”. Well, N6 Tec’s automation-friendly $99K i96 well iconPCR thermocycler is that to me. Launching at AGBT, it’s the gadget I’ve wanted repeatedly at Codon Devices, Warp Drive Bio and now Ginkgo Bioworks. It won’t solve all your PCR challenges, but it certainly gives new options to customize PCR like never before. And for many NGS labs, it offers major streamlining of PCR-based library construction protocols while also delivering superior data. How? By being a thermocycler where every well can run its own thermal profile and each well can go dormant once a desired level of amplification is achieved